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Monthly Archives: June 2011
A Saga of Rewrites
“Dude, you’re never gonna take the dress off,” Jimmy snickered at me. He snickered under his elbow, so the teacher and the guest speaker wouldn’t see him, but he was still snickering. “You’re gonna put that thing on and you’re … Continue reading
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What Is Steampunk? (7) (Finnish El Camino)
Okay, loosely. But it’s awesome, in any case.
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Fans
I am sure this kind of fanbase is only weeks away from being mine.
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Trollhunter
Watched Trollhunter last night. It was fun. I don’t have anything especially insightful to say about it, but I will observe that this film is great from a high concept point of view (it’s Fablehaven, but just with Trolls, and for … Continue reading
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CONduit Report: Self-Promotion Addendum
I attended a panel at CONduit (mostly, I didn’t actually go to the panels — that wasn’t what I was there for, but I went to one or two) on self-promotion. It featured such fine writers as Larry Correia and … Continue reading
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CONduit Report: He’s Science Fiction, but She’s Steampunk
I met Bill Housley of Wyoming at the Con. He’s the author of a novel called Into the Dark: Escape of the Nomad (Cowboy Logic, 2010), which I just finished reading. Bill Housley and Umberto Eco back to back are … Continue reading
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Smart Novels with Cool Plots
That’s what I like. I say this having just finished Umberto Eco’s The Name of the Rose (this must be the third time I’ve read it), which is terrific. Set aside all the cerebral stuff about the interaction among texts … Continue reading
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